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    Jim, with his father, goes to see his grandfather. In the train Jim often puts his head out of the window. His father says, "Jim! Don't put your head out of the window!" But Jim goes on putting his head out of the window.

    So his father takes Jim's cap quietly (悄悄地), hides (藏) it behind his back and says, "You see your cap is gone." Jim is afraid.

    His father says, "Well, whistle (吹口哨) once. Maybe your cap will come back." Jim whistles. His father puts quickly the cap on Jim's head.

    Oh! It is wonderful. Jim laughs. He quickly takes his father's cap and throws (扔) it out of the window. "Now it is your turn to whistle, Dad!" He says happily.

Han Hong is a famoussinger in China. She is always ready {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (help) those in need.

During the SpringFestival, 2020, a terrible disease(疾病) calledCOVID-19 broke out in Wuhan, the capital city of Hubei Province. Han Hong cancelledher concert {#blank#}2{#/blank#}once, which she had planned to put on in Wuhan on Feb. 29. Instead, she put {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (she) into thevolunteer work of helping those in need.

"When you'regoing through a situation {#blank#}4{#/blank#} this, you simply want to doanything you can to help. There {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (be) so many kind people outthere, "writes a fan, who raised money through Han's foundation(基金会). "It's good to know that there are trucks with medical {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (thing) goingstraight to the medical staff(人员). "

In 2008, Han Hong puton {#blank#}7{#/blank#}Charity (慈善)performance for Wenchuan, SichuanProvince, after a great earthquake. After that, she set {#blank#}8{#/blank#}her foundation- HanHong Love Charity Foundation.

Over the years, shehas helped lots of people in need, {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(include)an earthquake inYushu, Qinghai Province in 2010, an earthquake in Yingjiang County in 2011, anda poor community in Yunnan Province in March 2013.

"Many greatartists in the world are {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (know) for their great love.That's the amazing thing about human nature," Han said.

Alan is a cute boy. He often goes to a park with his dad in {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (they) free time.

There is a swimming pool in the park, and Alan often sees many {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (child) there. They swim {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (happy) in summer. He {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (wish) that he can swim in a river or a lake someday. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} he knows that he must learn how to swim in a pool first.

{#blank#}6{#/blank#} the morning of Sunday, while dad is still {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (sleep), Alan wakes him up. Then the boy asks Dad {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (take) him to the park.

"Why do you want to go there? It's so hot today," Dad asks.

"I want to learn swimming," says Alan, "And you can teach me there."

"Oh, I'm sorry. But I can't swim," Dad answers.

"You can't swim? Jack's dad swims very {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (good). Why can't you swim?" Alan feels quite surprised.

"His dad likes eating fish, so he can swim {#blank#}10{#/blank#} a fish," Dad says.

"Oh, I see," says Alan, "But you like eating chicken very much. Can you lay eggs (下蛋)?"

Jessica Long is a very fast Paralympic (残奥会的) swimmer. She was born in Russia 1 a disability (残疾). This was difficult for her mother and Jessica 2 in a special home for children. 

When Jessica was thirteen months old, 3 American couple, Steve and Beth Long, 4 this home. They adopted (收养) her and took her to the USA with 5 . Jessica had a new mom and dad. 

When Jessica was eighteen months old, the 6 said she must lose her legs below the knee. They gave Jessica artificial legs and she learned to 7 for the first time. 

When Jessica was a young child, she 8 to swim in her grandparents' swimming pool. 9 the age of ten, she started to swim in competitions. "She was 10 the first person in the swimming pool and the last person out of it," says her father. 

At twelve, Jessica went to her 11 Paralympic Games in Greece. Her family went with her 12 she was very young. 

Nobody thought Jessica would win, but they were 13 . She won three gold medals (奖牌)!

At fourteen, Jessica went to the World Swimming Championships in South Africa. She won nine more gold medals and she broke five world records!

Jessica likes other 14 , too. She enjoys 15 and, at fourteen, she started rock climbing. Jessica Long is really amazing.

Several years ago, I moved to Spain. I thought my Spanish would improve quickly. I gave up everything about the{#blank#}1{#/blank#}learning: classes, books, exercises and so on. I did nothing but speak o native(本国的)speakers. It was easy and fun!

However, about a year later, I noticed that my Spanish had hardly improved. I still spoke with {#blank#}2{#/blank#} grammar structures(结构)and sentence patterns as well as limited words(有限的词汇）. 

Sometimes I {#blank#}3{#/blank#}felt that my Spanish was getting worse. It made me upset. What was wrong? I wondered. 

I {#blank#}4{#/blank#} started to realize that because I didn't get training in other aspects(方面), I would not {#blank#}5{#/blank#} any progress as I liked. {#blank#}6{#/blank#} I started to go back to my old language learning {#blank#}7{#/blank#} , including reading books, watching movies and doing grammar and reading exercises. And they {#blank#}8{#/blank#} ! I quickly made progress. I could hold more difficult conversations. 

To learn the language, one should speak it first and then use it! That's the secret to {#blank#}9{#/blank#}and effective(有效的)language learning, right? Well, I know now, that if that's all you do, progress will come very fast. Considering the {#blank#}10{#/blank#} at which native speakers speak, you don't really have the time to learn new words or grammar structures. To learn a language more effectively, you need to spend some time on other trainings besides {#blank#}11{#/blank#}. 

Alena is from Texas. She dreamed of becoming an engineer at the age of 16 when she was 12 years old. It may sound impossible, but Alena is not a common girl. She's both clever and hard-working. She is now studying engineering at her dream university. She would love to build a rover (探测器) to go to space. 

Believe it or not, the story started with Lego (乐高) . At the age of4, Alena loved playing around with different kinds of Lego and showed great love for building things. Little Alena loved to look at the stars at night. Once, she said seriously, "Mom, I'm going to work for NASA. I'm going to travel to space in a rocket. " Her mom was surprised at the little girl's dream. She couldn't believe what she heard. 

Alena is planning to write a book for children. "I' d like to ask more girls to follow their dreams, " she said. 

Alena won't let anything stop her working hard for her dreams. "When I plan to do something, I just go for it, " she said.